President Trump announced Thursday that Kazakhstan will become the newest member of the Abraham Accords, marking the first country to join the peace agreement during his second term in office.
The Abraham Accords, first launched in 2020, currently include Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco. Sudan’s participation stalled in 2021 due to internal unrest.
“One of the President’s key objectives is that the Abraham Accords be expanded,” Witkoff told CNBC, noting that he and his team have been working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to encourage more nations to sign. “We are hoping for normalization across countries that people never would have contemplated; it will also be a stabilizer in the Middle East,” he said.
Trump said a formal signing ceremony with Kazakhstan will take place soon.
